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Memorial Stones of Ferdinand Reich and Theodor Richter

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Memorial Stones of Ferdinand Reich and Theodor Richter

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Memorial Stones of Ferdinand Reich and Theodor Richter

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    November 21, 2020

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    The two chemists Ferdinand Reich and Theodor Richter discovered the element indium (In; 5th period, 4th element of the 3rd main group) at the Bergakademie Freiberg in 1863.
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    January 13, 2021

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    On the Schlossplatz there is a bronze plate, which also reminds of the discoverers of indium and the discovery of germanium in Freiberg by Clemens Winkler.
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    Memorial stones in Albert Park in Freiberg.

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    In memory of the two discoverers of the element indium (1863): Hieronymus Theodor Richter, chemist and mineralogist, and Ferdinand Reich, chemist, mineralogist, and physicist.
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    Location: Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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